Lead Contract Job Trends in Welwyn Garden City

Leader
Hertfordshire > Welwyn Garden City

The median Leader daily rate in Welwyn Garden City is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Welwyn Garden City 10.34% 2.63% 9.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.34% 2.63% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £500
Hertfordshire median daily rate £568 £375 £700
% change year-on-year +51.33% -46.43% +40.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Welwyn Garden City

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Welwyn Garden City. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Welwyn Garden City with a recognized job title 29 38 28
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 10
10th Percentile £318 £240 £463
25th Percentile £488 £257 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -37.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £719 £441 £838
90th Percentile £833 £476 £844
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +11.34% -3.45% -1.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £16.08 £15.51 £62.13
25th Percentile £16.86 £15.52 £63.44
Median hourly rate £19.29 £16.75 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.17% -74.72% +20.45%
75th Percentile £22.08 £19.29 £68.44
90th Percentile £22.37 £20.42 £69.38
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £48.29 £43.90 £65.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% -32.46% +10.64%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Welwyn Garden City.

Lead job vacancy trend in Welwyn Garden City

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Welwyn Garden City

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Welwyn Garden City.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Welwyn Garden City

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Welwyn Garden City

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Welwyn Garden City region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Tableau
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (33.33%) Avature
2 1 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Planview
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) QA

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Welwyn Garden City by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Tableau
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Avature
2 1 (33.33%) Planview